TOKYO — Three people, including two police officers, were killed in Nagano in central Japan on Thursday, and a suspect with a rifle and knife was holed up inside a building, police said.

Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun violence in the world. There were more than four firearm homicides in the U.S. per 100,000 people during 2019, compared to almost zero in Japan.

Police officers at the scene of the stabbing attack in front of the JR Nagano Station in central Japan (Reuters) Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more. Support Now.

Walking the Nakasendo trail, travelers can visit Japanese post towns, centuries-old towns that look nearly as they would in the days of the Edo period.

Authorities in Japan say one person is dead and two others are injured after a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train station in Nagano Mari Yamaguchi Wednesday 22 January 2025 15:43 GMT ...

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